View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments). More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. Recent Investment Themes. Step-Function Ad Tech.

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. I’ve just launched a new Meetup and online community I’m heading up with David. Engineers, product managers, and platform managers building tech solutions for private market investing.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. to New York; Second, I caught the recent live stream of the Disrupt NYC Hackathon; Third, A New York Times article about how NYC’s “allure” is increasing.

Silicon Valley 22

Silicon Valley New York Startup Software Engineering 22

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. he had to build his indexing technology to be able to update very quickly and filter out stale data very quickly. And so began Diego’s foray into search technology.

Pennsylvania 93

Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 93

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had recently finished the Master of Software Engineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. he had to build his indexing technology to be able to update very quickly and filter out stale data very quickly. And so began Diego’s foray into search technology.

Pennsylvania 90

Pennsylvania Search Acquisition Software Engineering 90

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA. The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well. Details here.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146